Optimisation algorithm development during our PhDs.
How it all began
During our PhDs, engineering companies, utilities, and cities asked us how they could deliver renewable heat cheaply to their districts. We developed the algorithms to answer that question.
2022 - 2026
Academic research
December 2023
topotherm is published
topotherm is published as an open source Python repository on GitHub after systematically benchmarking our model formulations.
March 2025
TUM Climate Ventures
First business conceptualisation, building on the growing open source user base.
October 2026
Funding acquisition and incorporation
With the support of the TUM entrepreneurial ecosystem, we are securing funding and incorporating as a commercial company.
Early 2027
Start of piloting phase
Commercial pilots with our first partners to validate our software for network design and investment decision support.
The team behind the optimizer
Engineers, optimisation enthusiasts, and people who genuinely believe that renewable heating and cooling for everyone is possible.
Amedeo Ceruti
Co-founder & Chief Executive Officer
Jerry Lambert
Co-founder & Chief Technology Officer
Henrike Beverungen
Co-Founder & Chief Financial Officer
Martin Sollich
Founding Engineer & Developer
